Needed Some Himself
A stout old lady of 200 pounds struggles up street car steps as the conductor jokes about yeast. She retorts that more yeast would make him better bred, highlighting a humorous clash over manners and aging.
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1930
Page
3
A stout old lady of 200 pounds struggles up street car steps as the conductor jokes about yeast. She retorts that more yeast would make him better bred, highlighting a humorous clash over manners and aging.
In a light back and forth, Harry asks about buying candy for his girl and Jerry replies that she already has plenty at home, turning the moment into a playful domestic quip.
A fragment of humor shows a child crying over a lost halfpenny and another coin, with a playful exchange about sixpense. The lines, attributed to Hummel in Harrburg, capture simple wartime era whimsicality and wordplay.
H G Wells told a National Council for the Prevention of War conference that a war could break out within a year or two. He criticized pacifist moves for lacking concrete plans and said he dedicates about 200 days a year to stopping the war system. He warned that talking alone will not ready the public or government.
A South Bend Tribune item notes a peculiar claim by a German scientist that religious concepts can be transformed into edible forms. The piece suggests a symbolic shift where spiritual terms may be treated as literal in public discourse.
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